page_title: Installation on Google Cloud Platform page_description: Installation instructions for Docker on the Google Cloud Platform. page_keywords: Docker, Docker documentation, installation, google, Google Compute Engine, Google Cloud Platform
Go to Google Cloud Console and create a new Cloud Project with Compute Engine enabled
Download and configure the Google Cloud SDK to use your project with the following commands:
$ curl -sSL https://sdk.cloud.google.com | bash
$ gcloud auth login
$ gcloud config set project <google-cloud-project-id>
Start a new instance using the latest Container-optimized image: (select a zone close to you and the desired instance size)
$ gcloud compute instances create docker-playground \
--image container-vm \
--zone us-central1-a \
--machine-type f1-micro
Connect to the instance using SSH:
$ gcloud compute ssh --zone us-central1-a docker-playground
docker-playground:~$ sudo docker run hello-world
Hello from Docker. This message shows that your installation appears to be working correctly. ...
Read more about deploying Containers on Google Cloud Platform.